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  1. Mike Sixel
    The only thing I am sure about this trade is that it should be a lesson for teams......if you aren't good enough to win, this year or next, DON'T WAIT to trade your players. The Reds lost serious value here, as they have with others. I wonder if Milwaukee is paying attention......
  2. Mike Sixel
    AA has a much lower percentage of AAA/AAAA/MLB players. It has some, some elite guys, but most lineups have 2-3 guys. But, facing a AAA lineup has much fewer weaknesses and is a much better test of a pitcher's ability. I read here all the time it doesn't matter, and yet, the Twins and most other teams actually do promote guys to AAA before sending them to the majors. It's a super convenient argument.....doesn't matter that they are in AA, they can always promote them from there.....and also, can't promote him, because he's not even been in AAA yet. The same people say those things all the time here. AAA matters, no matter what people here keep typing.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Except taxes and about 100 other things are affected by marriage.......marriage has nothing to do with religion. Marriage is a contract between adults that confers/affirms rights under law. Now, if you want to completely change EVERY law that is effected by marriage (like hospital visits, for example), that's a different issue. NOT ONE PERSON has told a church they have to "marry" gays. Just like not one person has told the catholic church they have to ordain women. It's a completely BS argument. But people seem to be confusing marriage as a legal contract with some kind of religious ceremony.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I don't know.....my point wasn't about what I think, but what Ryan thinks. He's never acted in a way to push all the chips in, ever. If he really thinks they are contenders, and doesn't go in, it is hard to justify the inaction. If he really doesn't think they are contenders, then nibbling on the edges for a RP or two is probably fine. Of course, that is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't add elite players....you are less likely to contend.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    I don't think we really know what the Pohlads believe or want. I would like the team to be more aggressive when they think they are contenders. If they really believe they are contenders this year, then, imo, they aren't doing enough to win it all. That was my issue with Ryan last time, and it remains my issue this time so far. There is not evidence he's willing to push his chips in. Now, maybe, he doesn't think this year is the year......but next year's FA class is supposed to be one of the worst ever, so good luck getting FAs that are great next year, given that there won't be many to choose from (therefore increasing their cost).
  6. Mike Sixel
    I just don't want anyone in AA that should be in AAA, because some random guy that is older gets the spot. That's my main concern with any of these signings. If Kepler is in AA to start, I'll be very disappointed. If any of the young RP that are supposedly going to be up this year are in AA to start, I'll be somewhat disappointed.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I think arguing over who is a libertarian or republican or democrat is silly. These are scales....everyone has tendencies up and down the scales. Sometimes those seem inconsistent, but that doesn't mean they are. Some people are more into freedom than others....but that doesn't mean the others don't generally want more freedom. I don't agree with a lot of what mikegrimes posts here, but I agree that even many of us that lean libertarian see a role for government. It is a matter of degree. That said, if you think government should stop gays from marrying, drugs from being legal, Sunday sales of certain items being illegal.....etc.......you probably aren't very far into the libertarian side of the scale, imo. Libertarians generally think if two adults want to do something that doesn't hurt someone else, they should be allowed to do so. I don't see anyone on the stage right now that really believes that, except maybe Paul. Maybe.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Half the players who were better than Suzuki last year switched teams after Suzuki did.....so, ya, catchers are available every year.
  9. Mike Sixel
    It's hard to tell what is a joke, and what is real, with the Gophers........sorry, couldn't help myself.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather move Hughes to the pen....and put May in the rotation, if I HAVE TO CHOOSE between those two.
  11. Mike Sixel
    No big surprise. May's arm will be used in the bullpen, and not for 200 innings. Not a fan, but I can squint and understand why.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Here is a list of people saying the Pohlad family should lose money on the Twins: It also seems a huge percent of people here believe no one should ever be fired from their job. That is no way to run a business. Maybe I am not understanding the argument.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    And if they stink, but get to pitch more at higher levels or MLB because they have experience, holding younger players back?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Back when they could have traded for him, but passed (or whatever happened), HECK YES! Now? Not sure. I don't know.
  15. Mike Sixel
    I remain hopeful this isn't the RP move for the off season. But past history is not pleasant to the hopefulness....
  16. Mike Sixel
    I have been opposed to the strategy, because it is not the path that most MLB RP follow. So far, it has produced a couple months of 1 pitcher, in a mutli year strategy. The other reason I'm opposed is that once the RP get here, the Twins try to change everything that made them good in college, and try to make them starters, and then they sit in the minors for multiple years (increasing the likelihood they get injured before ever pitching in the majors). it is 100% clear that some of these guys would never be starters, yet they kept trying to make them starters. Also, weren't a couple of them hurt in college, heck I think one had already had surgery. Until they trust the young guys, and what made them successful, and let them come to MN, it is a failed strategy.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'm not the one saying revenue and winning are not correlated, the studies are all over the internet showing that.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Lager day appeared on some calendars, but not others. And, frankly, I'm not a lager guy.......but I had one just in case. Gingerbread Latte day.....I guess I should go downstairs for coffee then.
  19. Mike Sixel
    One or two of these big spenders will not make the playoffs in the west.....Somehow proving money can't buy wins. Ignoring the spending of the team that wins the division and the role that played. I like that almost none of that was in full sentences
  20. Mike Sixel
    Given what we see on the basketball and football arenas.....it should be pretty clear that today's athletes are superior to those from even 40 years ago....let alone 60-80.
  21. Mike Sixel
    I doubt you are alone, and it is a well thought out argument. Nice post.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I thought the studies were clear, payroll is not the determinant of success, but now we are only to compare the Twins to teams that have less revenue? Heck, I thought you and others argued that the only way to succeed is to draft and develop players, and FA didn't generally work. If so, then is revenue really an issue? I'm very confused right now. they may as well have two MLB leagues if they are only competing against teams with lower payroll.
  23. Mike Sixel
    It's a typical appeal to authority argument, which basically says we can't question them, because they have the job and we don't. I bet your advertisers would love it if we only came here to discuss what we have a job in.....not to mention the rest of us.
  24. Mike Sixel
    But what is "holding his spot", #4 level starter? Or better than you think Berrios will be? Because those are two different things.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    It is hard to vote for a "middle" GOP candidate, when he comes with the GOP House and Senate, who think climate change is a hoax pulled off by millions of scientists....and the gays should not have equal rights under the law.....and that they don't have to approve a budget, and spend hundreds of hours voting to repeal a law they can't repeal, and, and, and.....
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